nounEtymology: origin unknownDate: 1626
a purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical object by making fast the middle of a long rope aloft and looping both ends around the object which rests in the loops and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or paid out; also a single line made fast at one end and passed around an object that is used similarly
• parbuckletransitive verb

parbuckle — [pär′buk΄əl] n. [altered (infl. by BUCKLE1) &LT; Early ModE parbunkel] 1. a sling for a log, barrel, etc., made by passing a doubled rope around the object and pulling the rope ends through the loop 2. a device for raising or lowering a… … English World dictionary

Parbuckle — Par buc kle, n. (a) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

parbuckle — /pahr buk euhl/, n., v., parbuckled, parbuckling. n. 1. a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends… … Universalium

parbuckle — 1. noun a) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled… … Wiktionary

parbuckle — par•buck•le [[t]ˈpɑrˌbʌk əl[/t]] n. v. led, ling 1) naut. mac navig. a tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or vertical surface 2) naut. navig. a double sling made with a rope, as around a cask to be… … From formal English to slang

parbuckle — /ˈpabʌkəl/ (say pahbukuhl) noun 1. a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing round the object to … Australian English dictionary

parbuckle — [ pα:bʌk(ə)l] noun a loop of rope arranged like a sling, used for raising or lowering casks and similar objects. verb raise or lower with such a device. Origin C17: from earlier parbunkle, of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary